One side of his face is hideously scarred - the result of a run-in with a Civil War veteran from the other side, the truly bad Quentin Turnbull.

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

"There's a very shrewd economic profit-based interest system here at play and there are people on the Egyptian side and in the government of Gaza who are finding ways to benefit from this structure."

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

"We have become a nation of extremes, at least within our government, with the liberals on the Democratic side and the conservatives on the Republican side over-represented in the Congress of the United States."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"As we and others have said many times, the way to move forward is to enter negotiations without preconditions and reach agreements on the two-state solution, a Jewish state of Israel living side by side in peace and security with an independent,contiguous and viable Palestinian state,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

"It is a double track approach,of course, to have a very clear position on sanctions, not only on Security Council, but specific new measures from the European Union on the financial side - on the oil and gas sector, in all elements that can give to Iran a very clear message that they have to move and respond to the requirements of the international community."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28